Holding onto Nothing: New and Selected Poetry

By Sally L. Fulton

Sally L. Fulton invites you to enter intimately into her life as she shares the depth of her grief in the death of her husband, her mother, and her unborn daughter, and comes to terms with regret, finding peace through the writing of these poems. Her poetry of gratitude shows the reader, through clear and lyrical imagery how she discovers meaning and beauty in each moment. Her poetry of dissent reflects the suffering caused by self-interest and calls upon the reader to choose compassion while standing against ignorance and oppression and for social justice. Through the clear imagery of her poems, she illustrates the mystery of nature and reminds the reader of its fragility. The expressions of grief, dissent, gratitude, and illumination in this book leads us to a deeper understanding of the Buddhist principle of interbeing, that we are all a part of something greater that unifies us, and that our common lives are part of that unity as well as the unique mystery of the limitless expressions of life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Sep 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9781685627331

Sally L. Fulton

Sally L. Fulton, a lifelong lover of poetry now lives in Longmont, Colorado, with her cat Jack. In 2004, she studied contemplative poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Her understanding that we are all a part of something greater that unifies us influences Sally’s poetry. She practices with The Great Mountain Zen Centre in Berthoud, Colorado. Her first book of poetry, My Life So Far: Breathing Lessons was self-published in 2018 through Mercury Heartlink and was awarded first place in the poetry division of the EVVY Awards through the Colorado Independent Publishers. 

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About the Author

Sally L. Fulton, a lifelong lover of poetry now lives in Longmont, Colorado, with her cat Jack. In 2004, she studied contemplative poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Her understanding that we are all a part of something greater that unifies us influences Sally’s poetry. She practices with The Great Mountain Zen Centre in Berthoud, Colorado. Her first book of poetry, My Life So Far: Breathing Lessons was self-published in 2018 through Mercury Heartlink and was awarded first place in the poetry division of the EVVY Awards through the Colorado Independent Publishers.

Dedication

To the memory of my husband, Bill

and

To the life of my sister, Kate

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Fulton, Sally L.

Holding onto Nothing

ISBN 9781685627324 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781685627331 (ePub e-book)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023909642

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Acknowledgment

I would like to thank Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi of Great Mountain Zen Center for his spiritual guidance and support as well as all the members there of my sangha. Of all my teachers, my late husband, Bill Fulton, was my greatest teacher, and although it is too late to thank him, I want to acknowledge my debt to the thirty-two years of our life together and his patience and courage which were an inspiration to me. I would like to thank all my teachers at Naropa University in Boulder who introduced me to the practice of meditation and taught me so much about how to read, write, and appreciate the beauty and wisdom of poetry. Although I have not met him, I would like to express my appreciation for the books by Roger Housden which opened my eyes, and through his eyes opened my heart to the soul of the poetry he loves. I owe an incalculable debt